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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Civ VII worth the money?
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:13:09 +0100
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On 14/04/2025 08:06, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:
> JAB wrote:
>> On 13/04/2025 16:42, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:
>>> I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more. 
>>> It used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the 
>>> PC constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at 
>>> a comfy rate.  I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and 
>>> Windows 11 that come out about twice a month.  That's where I suspect 
>>> the savings are coming from.
>>
>> Everything I've read about it so far says it should be a no-buy 
>> currently. There are mixed reviews with some people liking the new 
>> mechanics and others saying this isn't a Civ game. That's really a 
>> personal choice thing.
>>
>> The big problem though, that the game isn't complete/polished seems to 
>> have a strong consensus. Then you have that it's been set-up to sell 
>> DLC that really should be in the base game. I mean why would you 
>> include Britain in the base game as they have made zero impact on 
>> world history.
> 
> I know what you mean.  Diablo IV disincluded the Necromancer of all 
> classes.  I refused to buy it separately as a matter of posterity. 
> Nevermind that it was my favorite class in Diablo II & III.

Oh I agree, to me it's just a little stand against companies basically 
take the piss out of you and saying they think you're stupid. You want 
to do that then fine, but just don't expect me to buy your game.